Alex Thépot

Alex Thépot

Thépot in 1941
Personal information
Full name	Alexis Thépot
Date of birth	30 July 1906 (1906-07-30)
Place of birth	Brest, France
Date of death	21 February 1989 (1989-02-22) (aged 82)
Place of death	Dunkerque, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1922–1927	Armoricaine Brest
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1927–1928	FEC Levallois
1928–1935	Red Star FC
1935–1936	USL Dunkerque
International career
1927–1935	France	31	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexis Thépot (30 July 1906 – 21 February 1989)^[1] was a French footballer. He was the goalkeeper of the France national team in the first two World Cups, 1930 and 1934, and an Olympian.

Thépot was born in Brest, Finistère. He played for Armoricaine de Brest (1922–1927), FEC Levallois (1927–28), Red Star FC (1928–1935), and USL Dunkerque (1935–1936). After a good year with Levallois, he was selected to play his first international match against England in 1927.^[2]

From 1927 to 1935, Thépot played in 31 international matches, conceding 77 goals, and was captain of the French team 13 times.^[3]

Thépot appeared in France's first ever World Cup match against Mexico in 1930, although he had to abandon the match during the first half due to an injury, being replaced in goal by half Augustin Chantrel. Thépot would come back and play in the next two matches, but his team was unable to go past the group stage, losing to Argentina 1–0 on a late goal, and 1–0 to Chile, despite having saved a penalty kick while the match was still 0–0.^[4]

He played France's only match at the 1928 Olympic Games, a 4–3 loss to Italy.^[5]

• Alex Thépot at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Alex Thépot at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)